May 25th is Towel Day {wiki} in tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He wrote that a towel is "the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." On Towel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/10-hoopy-froods-who-know-where-their-towel-is/My First Cthulhu - $18.95 Are you looking for the perfect plush toy for your favorite little monster? You need the My First Cthulhu from the NeatoShop. Abject terror has never looked so cute and cuddly. This is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/my-first-cthulhu/Marmite, the British spread made from yeast extract with a taste that people will either love or hate (indeed, the company's marketing slogan is "Love it or hate it"), is definitely not getting any lov...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/marmite-banned-in-denmark/There's a mystery afoot in the world of crimes that has got law enforcement officials scratching their collective heads in amazement: despite the Great Recession, crime rates continue to decline.“Striking,” s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/criminologists-puzzled-over-falling-crime-rates/An employer can't discriminate hiring an employee on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, or disability - but what about joblessness? Can a company refuse to hire you simply by the fact that you don't have a job?Ada...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/jobless-discrimination/Graphic: James W. Lewis and Jen ChristiansenAh, love - the ultimate in human feelings that conquers all ... or is it? Thanks to MRI studies, scientists have dissected the various brain regions that get activated when you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/brain-in-love/Miss Cellania has scheduled tomorrow morning's Neatorama staff meeting for only three hours, but we all know that's an optimistic estimate. I'd better come prepared, and thanks to this design by Kawamura Ganjavian,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/sleep-at-work/Got 40 SNES games and a little spare time? Then you, too, could be the proud owner of a urinal made from old video games. And it really works - there's a video of it in action if you follow the link (don't worry -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/how-to-build-a-urinal-out-of-snes-games/The perfect lunch for a Star Wars fan, don't you think? He's almost too cute to eat. The artist appears to be unknown - if it's you, step up and own your awesomeness. Link via Geeks are Sexy Update...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/a-chewbacca-good-enough-to-eat/(Video Link) Sheer genius. Andy Graulund and Matt Miles created a music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" using only exploitable image macro memes. If you're not sure what these images are, then (1) consult Know...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/bohemian-rhapsody-told-in-rage-comics/César López, a sculptor from Colombia, takes rifles formerly used by paramilitary units in his country and turns them into guitars: The idea came to Lopez back in 2003 when, while playing in front of a Bogota co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/ak-47-turned-into-a-guitar/A marauding tiger was spied sitting on a lawn near a golf course in Hampshire, UK. A passerby saw the beast and called the police. The police, taking no chances with a wild ferocious animal, rang up the local zoo and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/hampshire-police-mobilize-helicopter-to-vanquish-marauding-tiger/I was a child in the 80, by the time I was old enough to know what a video game was, Pong was old, and the Atari quickly became the game console to have. I always think of Pong as the first video game, but the first...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/crt-amusement-device-the-first-video-game-ever/Star Trek DIY Talk Bubble Mighty Wallet - $14.95 Do you find yourself to be extremely witty? Are you a hardcore Star Trek fan? Are you looking for an easy way to combine and show off these wonderful qualities? You...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/star-trek-diy-talk-bubble-mighty-wallet/(YouTube link) Maru was born on May 24, 2007, which makes the Japanese cat four years old today. In honor of the occasion, here is a compilation video from the past year in which Maru hides, jumps, wears funny hats,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/happy-birthday-maru-2/Terence Chang photographed planes taking off from an airport in San Francisco. By using long exposure times, he made the planes' lights look like tendrils reaching across the sky. Link via Colossallong exposure, T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/long-exposure-photographs-of-airplane-takeoffs/(YouTube link) Chewbacca and an Ewok do Guns 'N' Roses to get the crowd fired up for Star Wars Weekend 2011 at Walt Disney World. Continue on to see the full 24-minute dance-off show. -via Geeks Are Sexy ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/disneys-star-wars-weekend/Move over, Jackson Pollock - there's a new art prodigy in town and she's kicking butt and taking names. And dripping paint, too. Meet four-year-old Aelita Andre:[YouTube Clip]Without explaining who Aelita was or abou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/aelita-andre-four-year-old-abstract-artist/So, obviously the world didn't end on May 21, 2011 - but don't you worry. Harold Camping, the Family Radio preacher who was behind the (most recent) doomsday movement said that Armageddon is still coming.The new date? Oc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/just-a-slight-delay-folks-end-of-world-moved-to-october-21-2011/Well, maybe the end of the world is coming after all, if you're the law-and-order type in California. The Supreme Court has ordered the release of up to 46,000 inmates because of prison overcrowding: Justice Anthony...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/supreme-court-ordered-california-to-release-46000-prison-inmates/Don Gorske loves himself a Big Mac. Actually, he loves Big Mac so much that he eats it all the time - in fact, he's just eaten his 25,000th Big Mac (and stays perfectly healthy):"I plan on eating Big Macs until...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/man-ate-his-25000th-big-mac/NASA and DARPA are looking for some good ideas on creating plans and research toward building a star ship. The goal is to generate a business model that will help foster the infrastructure needed for such a monumental...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/looking-for-100-year-starship-ideas/The one hundred dollar bill as we know it has been around for a while. Even with official redesigns, they always seem to turn out somewhat boring. That’s why this gallery of “Franklins” makes it exciting to see w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/make-your-franklin/This photo gallery at the link shows the abandoned remains of the Soviet Union’s space shuttle program. The Russians were attempting to create a reusable space shuttle that would function much as it’s American co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/abandoned-remains-of-russian-space-shuttle-project/Along with the humans another small passenger has hitched a ride aboard the space shuttle Endeavor; a squid. While monkeys and dogs have long been space faring species, it appears this is the first ever squid. The reaso...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/nasa-space-squids/Number 2 Set Acme Pen and Pencil - $65.95 Are you looking for a fun and practical graduation gift for your favorite grad? You need the Number 2 Set Acme Pen and Pencil from the NeatoShop. This fabulous little comb...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/number-2-set-acme-pen/In this re-dubbing of the classic Super Mario Bros first level, we see how Mario would sound if they had used today’s more realistic video game sound effects. See link for full video. Linkvideo games, super mari...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/what-if-super-mario-bros-had-realistic-sound-effects/As a testament for his love of Chicago, this man had a map of the city's train system tattooed on his arm: I absolutely LOVE Chicago. It makes me so extremely happy and proud to call myself a citizen of this amazi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/chicago-train-map-tattoo/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPCYP6YTDAg] YouTube link. This past weekend the authors and administrative staff of Neatorama gathered for the organization's annual get-together. After a brief business meeti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/neatorama-annual-meeting-and-staff-party/This 82 by 52 inch quilt was made by Carol of FunThreads for a quilting fair. She adapted an image of Spock from a pumpkin carving template. You can read instructions for making your own at the link. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/24/fascinating-a-spock-quilt/
